Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

December 5, 2021 @ 7:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

24 Exchange, a trading platform that has a mission is to enable the “most cost-effective trades across a growing range of asset classes, 24 hours a day” has raised $14.25 million led by Point72 Ventures. Point72 Ventures is Steve Cohen’s VC firm. Cohen is a… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 1:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian P2P lender Robocash has shared the key results for the month of November 2021. Robo.cash writes in a blog post that less than a month before Christmas, they are “pleased to share the platform’s news for November.” The lending platform noted that loans worth… Read More

December 4, 2021 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Okcoin, a fast-growing crypto platform, has announced that it’s kicking off the next phase of its mission to make the digital asset industry more inclusive via the introduction of a $1 million commitment to bring “more women into crypto.” Okcoin also announced the inaugural member… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aaron Henshaw, Head of Coinbase Cloud Engineering, says that it’s no secret that crypto is gaining mainstream appeal, with the international cryptocurrency market cap reaching an all-time high of $3 trillion for the first time, the total value locked in DeFi reaching $250 billion, and… Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Structure, a DeFi trading platform, has raised $20 million in a round led by Polychain Capital. The funding was completed via a sale of its token $STXR. The investment set a valuation of Structure at $150 million. Other investors beyond Polychain, include Bixin Ventures and… Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mintable, the next-gen NFT minting platform and marketplace, has confirmed the launch of Mintable Go!, which serves as an international fund that aims to “enable novel newcomers to the NFT space to better serve the market for mass adoption.” Amid the rising interest in the… Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 8:04 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Asian cryptocurrency payments company TripleA has been granted a digital payment token license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). TripleA is the first standard payment institution to receive this license, the company said. The designation allows TripleA to provide end-to-end cryptocurrency payment services for… Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 2:53 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

SMEs across the United Kingdom are somewhat optimistic consumer demand will soon rise, the results of a survey by fintech MarketFinance suggest. MarketFinance asked 2,000 SME owners across the UK about their outlook for 2022 and beyond, gauging their short and long-term plans for business… Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a leading US-based securities crowdfunding platform, has acquired Seedrs – a top UK-based investment crowdfunding platform that operates across Europe. The deal brings together two of the most effective investment platforms in the online capital formation sector. Republic is a full-stack crowdfunding platform offering… Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 1:46 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Assetz Capital has provided a £2.3 million commercial mortgage to Roseberry View Lodges. The capital infusion allows the luxury holiday site to refinance an existing development facility and fund five new lodges in North Yorkshire. In a statement, the company said the loan follows 18… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, the European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR) went into effect across the entire European Union. A dramatic step forward in removing internal borders in regards to capital formation, and part of the overall Fintech Action plan, the regulation allows firms in need… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com Exchange has announced that it’s working with Silvergate, the provider of financial infrastructure solutions to the virtual currency industry, in order to introduce USD deposits and withdrawals to its institutional clients. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, this integration is “an additional… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global online investment platform, has released its OurCrowd High-Tech Jobs Index Q3 2021. According to the index that measures job demand, openings at OurCrowd portfolio companies jumped by 244% year over year. But following this period of robust growth, many early-stage firms anticipate… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Laleta Buctkuar notes that she recently joined UK’s Assetz Capital in June of this year, “specifically to focus on bridging products and distribution.” Laleta shared that she began working in financial services more than 20 years ago. Laleta also noted that she had a part-time… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eleving Group (previously doing business as Mogo Finance) has shared its unaudited results for the nine months of 2021, “conclusively determining the company’s course to the best financial year in its history.” As mentioned in a blog post published by the Mintos team, the group’s… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Online marketplace lender October is currently active in five European nations. October CEO and Founder Olivier Goy recently noted that he launched October 7 years ago in France. While commenting on the financing landscape 7 years back and now and the challenges and opportunities this… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

British Business Investments, has committed £7 million to Folk2Folk, a peer-to-peer lender with a unique approach for loan originations. British Business Investments is a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, a UK government-backed entity. According to a note from Folk2Folk, British Business Investments aims… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European P2P lender Bondora notes that November is “known to be the gloomiest month in Estonia.” However, as the days became darker, the Bondora team decided to “focus on the bright side.” Here are some of their recent highlights and milestone moments. Over €500 million… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Christmas buying season is currently underway for many of your company’s business customers, the MarketFinance team notes. UK-based MarketFinance, an established online lender that recently raised £280 million in debt and equity and was approved for flex loans, writes in a blog post that… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Robo.cash team has published an update that covers (what they claim to be) high-yield investments in the United Kingdom. Robo.cash aims to introduce people to different “safe, high yield investments, what they offer and how to go about them.” As mentioned in the update,… Read More